Abstract
This article explores Ubah Cristina Ali Farah’s novel Madre Piccola/Little Mother through a unique lens diverging from conventional postcolonial approaches. Departing from the predominant focus on Italian postcolonialism, the analysis employs Freudian and Kristevan concepts to examine the interplay of uncanny strangeness within Somali identity and diaspora experiences in Italy. The protagonist, Domenica Axad, embodies this interplay as she navigates between Somalia and Italy, encountering feelings of familiarity and estrangement. The article also examines the deterritorialization of the Somali language, tracing its displacement alongside the characters, and emphasizes its connection with Freudian and Kristevan concepts rather than its subversive potential. Through the embedding of Somali words within the Italian narrative, the novel achieves an uncanny strangeness, enriching our understanding of cultural hybridization and dynamics of migration in diasporic literature.
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